Plaque

Olympic Way - 2023 plaque

Erection date: 19/4/2023

Inscription

Olympic Way named and opened by the Rt. Hon. Alfred Barnes, MP, Minister of Transport, 6th July 1948. Transformed by Quintain and the London Borough of Brent July 2016 - July 2021.
Site of the Olympic Games
Olympic Games London 1948 and 2012.

On the day this plaque was unveiled so was a restored plaque from 1948, at the other end of Olympic Way.

Site: Olympic Way - 2023 plaque (1 memorial)

HA9, Olympic Way - stadium end

The purpose of the plaque is to signify and celebrate the conclusion of the Olympic Steps and Olympic Way renovation works in 2021. These works included: a 50% widening of the walkway; the planting of 24 matched pairs of trees arranged in terms of their corresponding longitude in the world, with the best specimens from the northern hemisphere represented. The new Olympic Steps replaced the monolithic, 1970s steep concrete ramps known as the "Pedway".

In our photo the plaque can be seen on the left-most stone bollard.

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Olympic Way - 2023 plaque

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Olympic Games - 1948

The 1948 Summer Olympics were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 G...

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Olympic Games - 2012

See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but...

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Alfred Barnes

Labour and Co-operative politician. President of the Stratford Co-operative a...

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Olympic Way

Wembley Stadium, then known as the Empire Stadium, was opened in 1923. Anyone...

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Brent Council

London Borough. Formed from the Municipal Boroughs of Wembley and Willesden o...

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Quintain

Construction and property management company.

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Louis Russell

Sculptor from Workingstone.

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